Two die in Shangla staircase collapse at Aloch Bazaar
Shangla centres on a deadly fall at Aloch Bazaar in Puran, where Irshad, 50, and child Abbas died and six others were hurt as a staircase gave way into a stream.
Two people, including a child, were killed and six others injured when a staircase collapsed into a stream in Aloch Bazaar, Puran tehsil, Shangla, on Tuesday.
Rescue 1122 said the fall happened while the administration was demolishing a building in an anti-encroachment drive; several children were on the staircase.
The dead were identified as Irshad, 50, and Abbas; the injured include five minors and one adult, Murad Khan, 34.
Shangla deputy commissioner Hamid Ali ordered an inquiry by the additional deputy commissioner (general) and the assistant commissioner of Martung, with a report due within 24 hours.